Carolyn Allen

{{Short description|American politician (1937–2016)}}

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| state_senate2 = Arizona

| district2 = 8th

| term_start2 = January 2003

| term_end2 = January 2011

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| state_house3 = Arizona

| district3 = 28th

| term_start3 = January 1995

| term_end3 = January 2003

| predecessor3 = Michele Reagan

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| birth_place = Hannibal, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|8|27|1937|9|8}}{{cite news |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2016/08/27/scottsdale-carolyn-allen-lawmaker-and-arts-advocate-dies-78/89481670/ |title=Carolyn Allen, former lawmaker and arts advocate, dies at 78 |work=Arizona Republic |first=Mary |last=Jo Pitzl |date=August 27, 2016 |accessdate=March 12, 2019}}

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| nationality = American

| party = Republican

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Carolyn Allen (September 8, 1937 – August 27, 2016) was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives and the Arizona State Senate from 1994 through 2011.{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Carolyn_Allen |publisher=Ballotpedia |title=Carolyn Allen |accessdate=March 7, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516171420/https://ballotpedia.org/Carolyn_Allen |url-status=live |archivedate=May 16, 2019}} She was first elected to the Arizona House in November 1992, where she represented District 28.{{cite web |url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/52/rec/2 |publisher=State of Arizona |title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1995 Volume 1, Forty-Second Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 178 |accessdate=December 2, 2018}}{{rp|viii–ix}} She was subsequently re-elected three times to the House, always representing District 29.{{cite web |url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/43/rec/1 |publisher=State of Arizona |title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1997 Volume 1, Forty-Third Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 146 |accessdate=December 4, 2018}}{{rp|viii–ix}}{{cite web |url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/116/rec/1 |publisher=State of Arizona |title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1999 Volume 1, Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 223 |accessdate=December 12, 2018}}{{rp|viii–ix}}{{cite web |url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/102/rec/1 |publisher=State of Arizona |title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2001 Volume 1, Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 235 |accessdate=December 12, 2018}}{{rp|viii–ix}} After serving four terms in the House, the Arizona Constitution prevented Allen from running for a fifth term. She ran for the Arizona Senate in 2002 in District 8, which was new due to redistricting in the state. She won the election and won re-election 3 more times to serve as the State Senator from District 8.{{cite web |url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/93/rec/1 |publisher=State of Arizona |title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2003 Volume 1, Forty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 247 |accessdate=December 27, 2018}}{{rp|vii}}{{cite web |url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/88/rec/1 |publisher=State of Arizona |title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2005 Volume 1, Forty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 226 |accessdate=January 3, 2019}}{{rp|vii}}{{cite web |url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/104/rec/1 |publisher=State of Arizona |title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2007 Volume 1, Forty-Eighth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 214 |accessdate=January 3, 2019}}{{rp|vii}}{{cite web |url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/96/rec/2 |publisher=State of Arizona |title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2009 Volume 1, Forty-Ninth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 113 |accessdate=January 13, 2019}}{{rp|vii}}